Commercial Banking Internship Review

Item: Commercial Banking Internship at HSBC
Rating: 4.9
Author: Anonymous

at HSBC

Internship (1 Month+)

Commercial Banking

Birmingham

Review Submitted: August 2023

Overall Rating

4.9 /5

The Overall Rating is the average of all the ratings given in each category. We take those individual ratings and combine them into one final score!

5/5 - Overview of Role

4.8/5 - Skills Development

5/5 - Support and Guidance

5/5 - Company Culture

5/5 - Overall Experience

5/5 - Future Career Prospects

Overview of Role

Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.

I would always do something different everyday, working with different teams, managing different stakeholders and working on different projects. I worked in the Business Management area of Data & Analytics so I worked under a high level view of the UK Transformation team. I would complete dashboards, work on team projects, analyse data and communicate with stakeholders.

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

I was given the perfect amount of responsibility. I was able to work on real projects that are being implemented into UK CMB and was able to work under my own initiative and not be micro managed.

Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was

5/5

Skills Development

Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?

I have developed my excel skills, dialing into the analytical skills. I learnt Qliksense skills and creating visual data dashboards. I learnt how to use Power Tools such as Power Apps, Power Automate, and Power BI. I developed my PowerPoint and presentation skills. I developed both my Time & Stakeholder management over the past 8 weeks. I have grew in confidence and learnt how to successfully network.

How would you rate the training provided during your experience?

5/5

How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?

4/5

How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?

5/5

Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development

5/5

Support and Guidance

How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?

As much as I needed, from all relevant stakeholders (Placement manager, grad buddy(s), and my OPM, as well as Emerging Talent and other graduates, non-ec employees).

How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?

5/5

How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?

5/5

Company Culture

What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?

Fantastic. There was a great speak up culture and inclusivity culture. The bank and the people helped me overcome my imposter syndrome and I always felt like I truly belonged here.